Anheuser-Busch InBev, the World's largest brewer and maker of Budweiser, Stella Artois and Beck's, says its profits fell 4.9 percent in the fourth quarter, and warned that it expects weak first quarter sales in the U.S., its most profitable market.

This year's Super Bowl commercials featured rambunctious geriatrics, cross-dressing husbands and Jamaicans from Minnesota. But brand mascots, once a staple of the advertising world, were almost completely absent.

Between 2002 and 2011, companies spent a whopping $2.5 billion on Super Bowl advertising; this year, a 30-second commercial cost an average of $3.5 million. But what do you get for all that cash. In the case of these eight major advertisers, not as much as they'd hoped.

The Patriots and Giants will interrupt the entertainment to run some football plays, but everyone knows the Super Bowl is all about the commercials, and at $3.5 million for 30 seconds, sponsors must think they'll get their money's worth. But will their shareholders feel the same way?

Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) will hand out free beer in its latest attempt to revive the Budweiser brand.
The brewer will give away samples of the beer to 500,000 people at hip bar and restaurants in the coming weeks, Reuters said.